Studies

• 2004-present: Graduate studies in physics at the Helsinki University of Technology.

• June 2004: M.Sc. degree in physics from the University of Iceland. Supervisor: Prof. Vidar Gudmundsson.

• June 2001: B.Sc. degree in geophysics from the University of Iceland.

Schools

• 37th IFF Spring School: Computational Condensed Matter Physics, Jülich, Germany, March 2006.

• Workshop on Computational Problems in Physics (CPIP), Helsinki, Finland, May 2005.

• 36th IFF Spring School: Magnetism goes Nano, Jülich, Germany, February 2005.

• 13th Jyväskylä Summer School: Density Functional Theory, Jyväskylä, Finland, August 2003.

• 12th Jyväskylä Summer School: Electronic Properties of Nanostructure Quantum Systems, Jyväskylä, Finland, August 2002.

• The Physics of Climate, Hillerød, Denmark, September 2001.

• Nordita MasterClass in Physics, Hillerød, Denmark, July 2001.

Work Experience

• Sep 2005-present: Helsinki University of Technology: Teaching and full responsibility of Physics IA, IB, IIA and IIB: first year physics for foreign undergraduate studens (given in English).

• Autumn 2002: University of Iceland: Teaching assistant in the laboratory part of Physics 1.

• Sep 2001-May 2002: Icelandic Meteorological Office, Climatological Division: Modeling the temperature field in Iceland for the generation of mean temperature maps.

• Summer 2001: Science Institute, University of Iceland: Summerjob working for astrophysicist Gunnlaugur Björnsson on the modeling of Gamma Ray Bursts.

• Sep 2000-May 2001: University of Iceland: Teaching assistant in the exercise sessions of Physics 1 and 2 (first year undergraduate physics for engineering students).

• Summer 2000: Geophysics Division, University of Iceland: Summerjob working for glaciologist Helgi Björnsson on the processing of glaciological data.